BryanP
Member
Well, now I can finally say I picked up an incredible deal in a gunshop.
I stopped by the local gunshop yesterday afternoon, planning to window browse before coming home to finish pulling down wallpaper in the kitchen. A guy comes in with a Springfield XD-45 he wanted to sell. He had bought it at the same store recently, but found out he couldn't take it with him where he was moving. He's flying out Monday, and nobody in the gun store had the authority to buy it. Out of curiosity (no plans to buy) I ask him how much he wants for it.
$300 cash.
For a gun for which he paid $600 out the door (I have his original receipt.)
The guy behind the counter just said "Do me a favor and do this outside."
A quick trip to the ATM and now I have an XD-45. Didn't have time to take it to the range yesterday, but I'm definitely going to make time today.
The gunshop did make a little money off the deal. The same customs people who told him he couldn't take the XD with him apparently absconded with one of the magazines and the manual (?). So I bought a replacement mag before I left.
Range report to follow.
I stopped by the local gunshop yesterday afternoon, planning to window browse before coming home to finish pulling down wallpaper in the kitchen. A guy comes in with a Springfield XD-45 he wanted to sell. He had bought it at the same store recently, but found out he couldn't take it with him where he was moving. He's flying out Monday, and nobody in the gun store had the authority to buy it. Out of curiosity (no plans to buy) I ask him how much he wants for it.
$300 cash.
For a gun for which he paid $600 out the door (I have his original receipt.)
The guy behind the counter just said "Do me a favor and do this outside."
A quick trip to the ATM and now I have an XD-45. Didn't have time to take it to the range yesterday, but I'm definitely going to make time today.
The gunshop did make a little money off the deal. The same customs people who told him he couldn't take the XD with him apparently absconded with one of the magazines and the manual (?). So I bought a replacement mag before I left.
Range report to follow.